Stephen Woods
Department Address
140 Curtin Road
University Park, PA 16802-1809

Academic Support Areas
Research Interests
Subject Expertise
- Applied Demography
- Community and Economic Development
- Criminal Justice
- Political Science
- Public Policy
- Sociology
Publications
Supporting doctoral research in sociology in the BTAA: a multi-institutional examination and comparison of core journal usage and holdings, Pennsylvania Libraries: Research & Practice, 2025
Government document citations in top nursing journals: A bibliometric analysis, Health Information and Libraries Journal, 2024
A Programmatic Approach to Journal Use and Citation Analysis, Portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2024
Exploring journal use in graduate research in the sociology of religion: informing collections, instruction, and reference, ATLA Summary of Proceedings, 2023
Incorporating Gray Literature in an Evidence-Based Nursing Curriculum: A How-To Guide, Portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2023
Evidence-Based Nursing and Gray Literature: Implications for Nursing Education, Portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2023
Comparison of Journal Usage in Rural Sociology Dissertations Using Text Analysis and CD Rank, Serials Review, 2023
Dissertations and Theses in Top Nursing Publications: A Bibliometric Study Stephen Woods, Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 2020
Grey literature citations in top nursing journals: A bibliometric study, Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, 2020
Discovering library user attitudes through the public understanding of science survey, Science and Technology Libraries, 2013
Evaluating population estimates in the United States: Counting the population between the censuses, Government Information Quarterly, 2009
Public Opinion Poll Question Databases: An Evaluation, Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2007
Evaluating public opinion polls: Designing a model for library instruction, Reference Services Review, 2006
Choosing the right approach: Three models for teaching government information sources, Research Strategies, 2005
Choosing the Right Approach: Three Models for Teaching Government Information Sources., Research Strategies, 2004
Other Publications
Magazine/Trade Publications
From the Chair: Some last thoughts on leadership, tradition and change, Documents to the People, 2016
GODORT’s Future: Developing an Approach for Implementation, Documents to the People, 2016
From the Chair: who do we think we are?, Documents to the People, 2015
From the Chair: GODORT looking under the hood, Documents to the People, 2015
Counting health, health care and disease in the United States, Documents to the People, 2012
Counting Death and Disease: International Classification of Death and Diseases, Documents to the People, 2011
Making the Current Population Survey work for you, Documents to the People (DTTP), 2011
Canadian Census: Voluntary Manslaughter and Politics, Documents to the People (DTTP), 2010
Internet Technology and Data Access: Further Reflections in 2010, Documents to the People (DTTP), 2010
What Everyone Should Know about ILO Statistics., Documents to the People (DTTP), 2009
Public Policy, Social Surveys, and the National Science Foundation., Documents to the People (DTTP, 2008
What Everyone Should Know about OECD Statistics., Documents to the People (DTTP), 2008
Survey of International Criminal Justice Statistics., Documents to the People (DTTP), 2007
300 Million and Growing: Celebrating Birth Statistics in the United States., Documents to the People (DTTP), 2007
Education Statistics: Census of Educational Institutions., Documents to the People (DTTP), 2006
Justice Statistics from Different Perspectives., Documents to the People (DTTP), 2006
Women Worker Series and the Bureau of Labor Statistics: Where have all the women gone?, Documents to the People (DTTP), 2005
Exit Polls: Votes You Can Count On?, Documents to the People (DTTP), 2005
Primed and Ready for the Economic Census., Documents to the People (DTTP), 2004
Comparing Apples & Oranges: Statistics Overtime., Documents to the People (DTTP), 2004
Internet Technology and Data Access., Documents to the People (DTTP), 2003
Idaho Librarians’ Role in Census Redistricting: The 2001-2 Redistricting Project and How Librarians Made a Difference., Idaho Librarian, 2003
Others
A Bibliography for Workplace Morale, Burn Out and Toxic Leadership in Library Environments: Mitigation Methods and Wellness, 2020